The Czech EPGC group acquired a 30 percent stake in Metro AG in Germany

The Czech EP Global Commerce (EPGC) investor group has acquired about thirty percent of Metro AG’s German retail chain.

Owned by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky and Slovak billionaire Patrick Tkac, EPGC has become the largest shareholder in Metro AG. So far, the EPGC has held 17.52 percent of the shares – said Daniel Castvaj, EPGC spokesman in Prague on Friday. (Kokes János, MTI)